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Kenneth Ma HUNTINGTON BEACH -- It's that time of year again -- when schools are out and the waves are in. As part of an annual ritual, thousands of people will flock to Huntington Beach's famous coastline, which offers everything from surfing to leisure activities such as bicycling and sunbathing. To satisfy the needs of those adventure seekers, many businesses near the city and state beaches are offering rental equipment for a fun day in the sun. The following is a list of some of the businesses: Beachcombers Surf & Sport: They rent surfboards, both long and short, and body boards.

A Pasadena woman is claiming the city is liable for a biking accident that caused her to lose her sense of taste and smell. Janice Campbell, 46, filed a claim with the city Monday, alleging that negligence on its part led to her being struck by a cyclist in a crosswalk in Huntington Beach. A claim is the precursor for a lawsuit. Campbell is asking for an unknown amount of more than $10,000. She suffered traumatic head injury and lost her sense of taste and smell. According to the claim, the street lights were incorrectly timed with an insufficient lag time between red lights for traffic and green pedestrian signals.

Limit crosswalks to lighted intersections I believe that Huntington Beach needs to do away with the pedestrian crossing signs on Pacific Coast Highway that are not at a light. People have a false sense of security thinking that cars zooming on the road will stop at a crosswalk that is not even marked with white lines nor at a signal. The worst offenders are the crosswalk signs on Pacific Coast Highway that do not even have white lines marked. Cars will not and cannot stop.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS The Bolsa Chica Land Trust and the Sierra Club pass out information on the Bolsa Chica from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of each month in the parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway, one mile south of Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach. The Bolsa Chica Stewards needs help with its native planting project at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. The group plants native plants, removes non-native vegetation, grooms trails, collects trash and waters new plants.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS Bolsa Chica Conservancy Interpretive Center at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway features marine aquarium and displays about wetland plants, invertebrates, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, ecology and restoration. The Center is free and open to the public and school groups from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Service Day is the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon at the walkbridge.